[JJ Sonick]

Could not seem to replicate it. With 2.08, I played two games on the 2-player Talis map, mostly just pressing host like you did in your example, but occassionally going in, raising a few armies and attacking to see if combat would crash it. No hangs, the first game ended at turn 54 when I was finally conquered, the second at turn 83.

Then played a game with 4 AI on the Urgaia map, being a little bit more active with battles, and also just checking sometimes to notice that battles were taking place elsewhere. Still no hang, game ended at turn 97 when I was finally overrun.

Maybe try un- and re-installing the entire game?